WING COMMANDER DAVE COLLINS
Dave Collins is an RAF cyberspace professional who has spent a career enabling and delivering operations in , through and from cyberspace . As well as roles in the RAF he has worked with the Army and Royal Marines ; in joint operational headquarters ; and with wider government partners . Dave is currently the lead for cyber mission assurance in the RAF , which brings together cyber security , defensive cyber operations , and information service management in support of air and space operations .
DAVE COLLINS
TITLE : OFFICER COMMANDING
UNIT : OPERATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES WING
EXECUTIVE BIO
“ I ' ve got responsibility for cyber defence , for information service management , and for innovation and DevOps when it comes to our communications information systems capability in the Royal Air Force .
“ I think digital transformation is really important for the RAF because the world is changing quickly and we need to be able to respond to that to stay at the cutting edge . Also , who ' s got access to what technology is changing and that causes a whole range of challenges .
“ Partnerships are really important when it comes to digital transformation because we not only need to access the technology that ' s out there , that ' s developing , but we need to access the skills as well . That whole ecosystem is really important . Maybe it ' s not about big primes anymore – it ' s about SMEs too . We need to take a more collaborative approach , recognising that we don ' t have a monopoly on good ideas but certainly the primes don ' t either .
“ I would say come to us with ideas . Don ' t expect to come with fully-formed solutions , recognise that there is bureaucracy and that we are a public sector organisation . Recognise the environment in which we work then we ' ll have a better chance of succeeding together rather than relying on a fully-formed solution which might just never get over the valley of death because it doesn ' t actually fit in with the way we need to operate .”
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